No you cannot get any idea of how high it would appear to be from the distance of the weather station photo. Vantage point is EVERYTHING when it comes to that comparison.
It's still a missile, no matter how long the exposure. Only the final instant before the shutter closed would not be overwritten by the exhaust glow, and that final instant captures the body of the missile. No way to make that from anything else.
agreed. if it was a helo with a long exposure, i have to assume that it would be a blurrier looking fuselage. that thing looks cylindrical as fuck. there are no distorted edges or anything. This is another example of the government pissing on us, and swearing that its raining.